must come down. I had a guy look at my roof a couple of years ago. He found two bullets in the roof. He said that was not uncommon in Detroit; he found bullets in a slight majority of the roofs he worked on in the city. Somehow they don't usually cause leaks, but occasionally they do and given the weather in January, this can be quite a problem.

It's a rural southern custom which over time has acquired a sort of gangsterish overtone especially when people fire automatics. I feel sorriest for the kids, who get acclimated to the sounds of a war zone.

What a way to start the new year.